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A Dream Lives in a Grand DesignBy Timothy Egan, photos by Susan E. Seubert, the New York Times, September 30, 1999. A feature on Matt Roloff's Western-theme, dwarf-proportion fantasy park near Portland, Oregon.

An Unexpected ConnectionBy Dan Kennedy, the UU World, March/April 2002. Henry Nasiff Jr. - a.k.a. "Hank the Angry, Drunken Dwarf" -- led a sad life and died an even sadder death. But there was more to him than his antics on The Howard Stern Show.

Lee Kitchens Dies at 73Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, May 16, 2003. Mr. Kitchens was a pioneering engineer for Texas Instruments, a former mayor of Ransom Canyon, Texas, and a founding father of Little People of America.

Let's Be Wary of the Genetics RevolutionBy Nicholas Kristof, New York Times, July 7, 2003. Kristof discusses the new eugenics with his cousin Tom Shakespeare, a British scientist who is an achondroplastic dwarf. (Reprinted in the Age, an Australian newspaper.)

Little Swimmer "All Heart" in PoolBy Francine King, Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, July 29, 2005. Seven-year-old is an impressive competitor despite having a form of dwarfism.

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